Achieving Environmental Justice Through Indigenous Wisdom Ft. Jessica Clogg Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn how "tried and true" Indigenous law-based approaches can guide Western legal code towards a more sustainable future. Ashoka Canada Fellow, Jessica Clogg, is Executive Director and Senior Counsel for West Coast Environmental Law, where she has served as an environmental and Indigenous rights lawyer for the past 25 years. In this episode, she explains why environmental justice is needed to solve complex environmental challenges and how Indigenous knowledge and ancestral practices can inform the practice of Western law. 00:00 Preview 00:32 Introduction 00:56 About Jessica Clogg 2:05 Jessica’s backstory that led to West Coast Environmental Law 4:00 What is Indigenous law? 5:33 How learning about Indigenous law has impacted Jessica’s personal life 8:09 How does West Coast Environmental Law promote equality and inclusion? 11:15 How Jessica’s work differs from typical TV courtroom dramas 13:00 Is the youth mental health crisis a reflection of environmental degradation? 16:19 What is environmental justice? 17:28 Why does an equitable and inclusive approach to environmental activism matter? 19:06 The Inner Development Goals 25:19 How has Ashoka Canada impacted Jessica’s work? 27:18 Jessica Clogg’s Purposeful Empathy Story CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/ ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast CONNECT WITH JESSICA ✩ Ashoka Canada Profile https://ashokacanada.org/fellow/jessica-clogg/ ✩ West Coast Environmental Law https://www.wcel.org/ Season 14 of Purposeful Empathy is brought to you in collaboration with Ashoka Canada. Ashoka Canada is devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at driving systemic change. The Ashoka Canada story is one of solutions, developed over decades of searching, selecting, and supporting our country’s highest impact Social Entrepreneurs. Together, they represent some of Canada's most impactful responses to critical challenges. Learn more at https://ashokacanada.org/ Show Notes Inner Development Goals https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/